Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷

Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 @JoyAnnReid

And the wars they fought to beat back the colonizers... https://t.co/1OYoEvIunp — PolitiTweet.org

Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 @JoyAnnReid

And that's just one part of American history. There's so much more, including the complete erasure of the history of America's indigenous tribes, who were wiped out by disease and guns in the European colonizers' zeal to enslave THEM and take their land. https://t.co/8UBuYfQ67Z — PolitiTweet.org

Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 @JoyAnnReid

And how should we about the riots that broke out in New York in 1863 over conscription that exempted the rich and drew scores of working class white men into the war against their will. They took out their rage on Black children, burning down an orphanage. https://t.co/RymISegfI2 — PolitiTweet.org

Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 @JoyAnnReid

Meanwhile it's clear that the seceding slaver states loved slavery more than they loved the United States. The evidence? Fellow slaver states like Maryland and West Virginia didn't secede, because they loved the Union more. And highly doubtful there was greater ecumenism there. — PolitiTweet.org

Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 @JoyAnnReid

The further evidence of how enslaved people actually felt is that some 180,000 of them took the opportunity of the Civil War to emancipate themselves and join the Union Army; altering the course of the war by literally raising arms against their enslavers. https://t.co/YyGb7gbnyr — PolitiTweet.org

Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 @JoyAnnReid

It doesn't take much imagination to understand that enslaved people hated slavery, desperately wanted freedom, and very likely hated the abusers and false Christians they were forced to call "master" and "mistress." Wouldn't you? https://t.co/N5nrubtzUP — PolitiTweet.org

Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 @JoyAnnReid

Indeed there were far more rebellions than you probably know about, since we're not taught that narrative in school, since it clearly made the DAR types who have dominated what's in our textbooks uncomfortable. https://t.co/E4teNTezo3 — PolitiTweet.org

Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 @JoyAnnReid

And their narrative cannot survive the fact that so many Black people demonstrated their utter hatred for slavery by constantly escaping and mounting rebellions, leading to the creation of "fugitive slave laws" to try and force them to come back. https://t.co/f5b0hNPOFc — PolitiTweet.org

Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 @JoyAnnReid

And how do these modern-day Daughters of the Confederacy propose to maintain their feel-good narrative that slavery "wasn't so bad." I mean, the "why would they abuse their money-makers" argument has never worked with pimps or Robert E. Lee... https://t.co/bMSyiP9v53 — PolitiTweet.org

Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 @JoyAnnReid

So how would the anti-history activists prefer that the civil war was discussed in American history classes? Is it possible to exclude the confederates' own words and declarations as to the cause of secession from the narrative and still be teaching "history?" — PolitiTweet.org

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And while the other states: Louisiana (January 26, 1861), Arkansas (May 6, 1861), North Carolina (May 20, 1861) and Tennessee (June 8, 1861) issued more perfunctory articles of secession, it was clear that their case too, was to join a slaver republic. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @crooksandliars: "Just picture it, an even older, weirder Donald Trump buoyed by Republicans who game the voting system," Reid said. @Jo… — PolitiTweet.org

Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 @JoyAnnReid

@mmpadellan Thank you! The @thereidout team pulled it off!! — PolitiTweet.org

Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 @JoyAnnReid

RT @thereidout: .@RepJayapal tells @JoyAnnReid: Let's operate from the place of belief that we can do both bills--#BuildBackBetter and the… — PolitiTweet.org

Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 @JoyAnnReid

What about Georgia (Jan 19)? Here's sentence TWO of their declaration: "For the last ten years we have had numerous and serious causes of complaint against our non-slave-holding confederate States with reference to the subject of African slavery." https://t.co/x3tyt8hccq https://t.co/1WKBXyH7cP — PolitiTweet.org

Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 @JoyAnnReid

Enter Alabama, which quit the union the day after the future sunshine state. Their leaders too, stated that their aim was to "join the slaveholding states" in forming a new, human trafficking-based republic... https://t.co/d1VMiKFFqC https://t.co/Y35fpc6Gwj — PolitiTweet.org

Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 @JoyAnnReid

The leaders of Florida, which was the third to join the seditious, human breeding coalition on January 10, 1861 also made it clear that their desire was to defend what they viewed as their God-given right to traffic in flesh as property... https://t.co/a0ZAvhDCqv https://t.co/QarzEyaaVi — PolitiTweet.org

Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 @JoyAnnReid

The second state to go, Mississippi (January 9, 1861) didn't even bother with the wind-up. They just got right to it: they were seceding to preserve and protect the institution of slavery. https://t.co/VC7ngTiqJQ — PolitiTweet.org

Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 @JoyAnnReid

They even did a version of the January 6 insurrection reasoning, owing their departure to the election of a president who as a Republican (once a grand old party to to be sure) was an enemy SPECIFICALLY of slavery; while asserting that Black people could not possibly be citizens. https://t.co/i01zSaKPLl — PolitiTweet.org

Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 @JoyAnnReid

Why did South Carolina secede on December 20, 1860 after Abe Lincoln's election but before he was even sworn in the following March? After a long wind up, they tell you: slavery; specifically, the hostility of northern states to the institution of slavery. https://t.co/Hgto5Sg93l https://t.co/wuKAZvOAod — PolitiTweet.org

Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 @JoyAnnReid

For example, what were the causes of the confederate states' secession from the U.S.? I know, southern "heritage" people insist that it was some other murky thing besides slavery. Except the actual seceders beg to differ. They even wrote their reasoning down and made it clear. — PolitiTweet.org

Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 @JoyAnnReid

So how do these supposedly grassroots "activists," allegedly completely unsullied by astroturf political organizations posing as intellectual outfits like the Claremont Institute, propose to teach slavery or the civil war, presuming they want them taught in public schools at all? — PolitiTweet.org

Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 @JoyAnnReid

They claim that they must have this because it's the only way to salvage the self-esteem of white children, whose spirits would be utterly broken were they to discover that there were mean white people in America's history. This isn't much of a vote of confidence in their kids... — PolitiTweet.org

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A thread. The "activist parents" fighting the bogeyman they have named "critical race theory" object to the teaching of history that paints anyone white in a negative light. They demand a version of U.S. history that uplifts white historical figures as both innocent and heroic. https://t.co/SAgG7BqXKB — PolitiTweet.org

Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 @JoyAnnReid

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Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 @JoyAnnReid

Dear Democrats: don’t leave anyone behind! — PolitiTweet.org

Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 @JoyAnnReid

RT @thereidout: .@JoyAnnReid leads #TheReidOut tonight with President Biden's announcement of a framework on a pair of spending bills, incl… — PolitiTweet.org

Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 @JoyAnnReid

RT @thereidout: .@RepJayapal on the #infrastructure bill and #BuildBackBetter: "Let's not operate from fear. Let's operate from a place of… — PolitiTweet.org

Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 @JoyAnnReid

RT @thereidout: .@Milbank: "We don't believe in conspiracy theories here, but if we were to believe in one, you could look and see that the… — PolitiTweet.org

Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 @JoyAnnReid

So glad we got to talk about the TRUTH about American history and the lies being told to try and suppress it, with THE CRT scholar, @sandylocks !! 🙌🏿🙌🏿 — PolitiTweet.org